>>23523864Everybody bitches about Ash sweeping without considering context or circumstances.
Yes, Ash beat a mega. He also fought the Lucario multiple times before the gym, traveled with it, and had a huge training gap before the gym.
Beat Tierno? His randomly found pseudo-legendary had just fully evolved. Same thing against Clemont.
Grant on first try? Saw the Onix before, developed a strat just for it, had a 3 v 2 advantage.
Ramos on first try? Had two flying types and Frogadier conveniently learning Aerial Ace for no other reason than to fuck Ramos. And it was down to the wire. All of his matches are.
The whole point is that Ash ISN'T a god. It takes a lot of work and favorable circumstances for him to actually win the first time, if at all.
